Improvement in fasteners for meeting rails of sashes



L. WESTON. Fas'teners for Meeting-Rails n'f Sashes.

No.153208, lPatentIedJu1y21fl874.'

THE GRAPHIC C0. PHOTO-UTHS 4l PARK PLACN-Y;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LON WESTON, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENER FOR MEETING RAILS OF SASHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 153,208, dated July21, 1874; application filed May 27, 1874.

CASE B.

To all whom it may concern l Be it known that I, LON WESTON, of Norwich,in the county of N ew London and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Sash-Fasteners, of which the followingspecification and drawings constitute a full description.

My invention relates especially to a sashfastener adapted to the centerof sashes llaving center mullions, and is designed to obviate thedifficulty there is in using the ordinary sash-fasteners, which have tobe placed at one side of the mullions.

Figure l is alfront elevation of the portion designed to be secured tothe back meeting rail, and consists of two parts, H and Y, hingedtogether at the axis C C. Fig. 2 is a side eleration of the turn-buttonB, which turns with the axis X. Fig. 3 is a top view of the base A,designed to be secured to the front meeting rail 7.

S is a spring, which acts upon the axis X to hold the turn-button B inone of two positions, viz., forward or back. Z is a spring, connectedwith the axis C C and so arranged as to bring the part H to a verticalposition when left free to act. The shoulders at O constitute a stop toprevent the part H from going beyond a vertical position. F is a cam onthe turnbutton, for the purpose of drawing the meeting rails together. ll are guides to bring the two portions of the fastener to their properpositions when the tops of the meeting rails have assumed one horizontalplane. P P are projections which, when they are placed even with the topof the back meeting rail, will de termine the height of the back portionof the fastener II Y.

To put on the fastener, place the back edge of the base A parallel withthe meeting rails, allowing the guides Z l to project backward or not,according as there may be sufficient space in front of the mullion.Secure this portion with the screws i; then it the other portion,.

H Y, to the back meeting rail and secure it with the screws t t,obtaining its correct position by means of the projections P P.

To fasten the sash, rst see that the turnbutton is thrown back; thenpull down the part H to the base A, and swing the turnbutton to thefront.

To unfasten the sashes, it is only necessary to throw the turn-buttonback, when the part H will assume its natural position by means of thespring Z.

l am aware that it is not new to secure the fastener in front of themullion on the meeting rail, and such I do not broadly claim; but

What I claim is- 1. The automatic spring hinge-piece, to be thrown up bythe coil-spring when released, with the part for securing it, arrangedto lie in the direction ofthe Vertical plane of the mullion, and withstops at right angles cast upon it, all arranged as and for the purposeset forth.

2. In combination with the automatic spring hin ge-piece, provided witha central opening, the shouldered turn-button, furnished with a cam andworking on a plate with side guides against a spring, as and for thepurpose described.

LON WESTON. Witnesses:

GEO. GREENMAN, CHAs. H. BEEBE.

